Chef
Erasmo
"Razz" Kamnitzer
attended the National Hotel School of
Lausanne in Switzerland.
After completing his training,
he moved to the United States
and enrolled in the Culinary
Institute of America
at Hyde Park, New York. A native
of Venezuela, Chef Razz is
the seventh generation of chefs
in his family.

Prior
to opening Razz's Restaurant
and Bar in 1995 with his wife,
restauranteur Bobbi
Jo Haynes, Razz was Chef
de Cuisine of Etiennes Different
Pointe of View at
The Pointe Hilton at Tapatio
Cliffs, Phoenix. Known nationally
today for his 5000 square foot
terraced "Chef's Garden", flourishing
amongst a desert landscape,
Razz's cuisine features herbs,
edible flowers and exotic fruits
and vegetables that are his
trademark.

With
his dark ponytail, engaging
smile and rich, exotic voice,
Kamnitzer is the charismatic
soul of his restaurant and
a favorite guest of the TV
FOOD NETWORK, broadcast
nationally from New York City.
Razz has appeared on numerous
other broadcasts of Ready-Set-Cook,
Chef
Du Jour, Dining
Around and Talking
Food with Robin Leach.
Televised locally, Razz has
a regular spot calledCooking
Under Tenfeaturing restaurant
quality recipes that can be
prepared in under ten minutes
for under ten dollars.

Razz's
Restaurant and Bar has been selected
by Esquire
Magazine as one of "The
Best New Restaurants of 1996." Gourmet
Magazine places Razz's
as one of the top 20 restaurants
of 1998 in Arizona. Razz has also
appeared in Food
& Wine Magazine, Bon
Appetit, Spirit
in-flight Magazine and
The New
York Times.

Actively
involved in the community, Razz frequently
participates in a variety of culinary
events. Razz and Bobbi Jo created
a fund-raising event for the Center
Against Sexual Abuse called
"Pleasures
of the Palettes" Involving
many of their friends from the national
food scene. Past participants include
chefs Jeremiah Tower, Hubert Keller,
Rick Bayless, Daniel Boulud, Todd
English, and Bobby Flay. The event
has been selected as the best fund-raising
event in the Phoenix area annually
for the Center
Against Sexual Abuse.
They are also members of the culinary
advisory board for Metro
Tech of Phoenix, a vocational
institute with a culinary arts program
for at risk high school students.